The wall correction factor for a spherical ionization chamber used in brachytherapy source calibration

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4091-4103

  Piermattei, A ^a   Azario, L ^a   Fidanzio, A ^a   Viola, P ^a   Dell'Omo, C ^a   Iadanza, L ^b   Fusco, V ^b   Lagares, J I ^c,d   Capote, R ^c,d,e  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b REFERRAL CANCER CENTER OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE APLICACIONES TECNOLÓGICAS Y DESARROLLO NUCLEAR CEADEN   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CALIBRATION; INTERPOLATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCATTERING;

PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; THICKNESS;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ITALY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346336961     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/24/007     Document Type: Article

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